Thiruvananthapuram: After the Recruitment General Meeting and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Greenfield Stadium in Karahattom has lost all glory.
Now, the Kerala Cricket Association (KCA) said that they would need an additional Rs 60 lakh to return the stadium to the splendor of the past.
The annual expenditure of the KCA in maintaining the game field is Rs 1 Crore, but now after holding a non-sports event, the land has been completely destroyed.
Associations need to raise Rs 60 lakh other than annual maintenance costs to prepare the game.
The stadium land is fully friendly in the first environment in India, which is a single place in the state to hold an international cricket match has been covered with bushes and weeds.
Also, the drainage system that is highly valued from the land is fully damaged and cracks has developed in pipelines too.
The KCA has signed an agreement with stadium operators, Karahahtom Sports facilities Ltd (KSFL) four years ago and in accordance with the KCA agreement responsible for maintaining the stadium land.
Although the agreement is valid until 2027, the KCA has resigned from an agreement with the KSFL after nodding the last to carry out the recruitment rally in the Indian army in the stadium, which is a violation of a clear agreement.
“We have approached officials concerned, to cancel permission to carry out non-sports activities at the stadium.
But our efforts are in vain.
We withdraw from the agreement and after that, we have not taken a step to maintain the play area.
In fact, after three The match, the stadium was raised to the status of a world-class stadium.
But the current situation is sad.
We must convey the entire grass apart from damage caused by the drainage system “, said KCA Vice President Jaffer Sait.
It will take three to four months to regulate the land ready for the game.
Now, the KCA has been looking for the government to intervene in this matter and to start the steps needed to end the holding of activities and events that are not related to sports.
According to the KCA Secretary Sreejith V Nair, they will pursue land maintenance only after receiving guarantees from the government that the stadium will not be a place for non-sports activities again.
Meanwhile, because of the sad condition of the stadium, BCCI has avoided the country of host international matches now.